Quotes About Name

When I moved to Sheffield and went to a secondary modern in the Seventies, there were certain challenges: if you've got a name like Sebastian, you either learn to fight or to run.

Shlemenko wants to make his name off of Tito Ortiz. He's not the first person ever to do this. People have been trying to use my name ever since I was the champ.

I also want to announce that I'm changing my name. I haven't told anyone. You get the scoop.

Chocolate is there in my name itself, so how can I stay away from it?

I'm not going to change my name unless I know that the public are behind England and show that they want me to become Chris Cabanga.

When you first hear the name 'Max Irons,' you'd be forgiven for assuming that Marvel comics has come up with a new superhero.

I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.

Obviously I am Prateik Babbar but I would like to be called Prateik. I am superstitious; there is a spiritual reason why.

Since I carry my father's name, I believe it is my responsibility to use that name as he would have to support the causes that were so dear to his heart. Dad strongly supported Huckabee when no one thought that he had any chance to succeed in the presidential race.

I was used to football supporters hammering me and I thought my name was Graham Potter-Boo at one point.

My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him.

Some people bring their work home with them. You might suppose that Sid Mashburn is one of those guys - the man was born with a name so brand-ready he basically had to become an entrepreneur.

Certain citizens claimed I had disgraced the fair name of the city of Limerick, that I had attacked the church, that I had despoiled my mother's name, and that if I returned to Limerick, I would surely be found hanging from a lamppost.

In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.

When Kevin Lee's name was brought up, I told everyone I thought this fight would happen. This is a good fight for me. It surprised me because nobody wants to fight in Brazil.

I'm a confident guy. But it's surreal to hear my name called in the same breath as Randy Moss, my favorite receiver. That's the cool thing about having some success.

Beelzebub is the name of Lucifer's lieutenant. The name Beelzebub, in Hebrew, means Lord of the Flies.

The Appetite Killery" may be the most ironic name, but the most famous inscription read, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may have to go to Oakland.

It was Plank who gave the defense its name: the 46. Many fans assume it came from the on-field alignment of players, as with the 3-4 defense and the Cover 2. In fact, 46 means nothing more than we're coming hard, in the way of the man who wears that number, Doug Plank.

Blaze was stumped for a moment. Then he blurted, "George." "Lovely name! From the Greek. It means, 'to work the earth.'

Peut-être que vous étiez allongé au lit, presque sur le point de vous endormir, et vous avez ri de quelque chose, une plaisanterie toute personnelle, une bonne façon de finir la journée. C'est ça, mon nom.

A herp is simply the kind of animal studied by a herpetologist, and that is a pretty lame way to define an animal. The only other name that comes close is the biblical 'creeping thing

They named me Kristin after some whale scientist in Australia, worked on the original translation team.

I stuck out a hand and tried to make up for lost ground. 'What did you say her name was, this chippy of yours?' I asked; but somehow it didn't come out as witty and ironic; just gawky and ill-bred.